1. Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
   "he prepared for great tasks";
   - undertaking, project, labor [US], labour [Brit, Cdn]
    
2. A specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
   "the endless task of classifying the samples";
   - job, chore
    
3. (computing) a process or instance of execution of a program
   "The task manager showed several background jobs running simultaneously";
   - job

1. Assign a task to
   "I tasked him with looking after the children"
    
2. Use to the limit
   "The long hike tasked his endurance";
   - tax

Derived forms: tasks, tasked, tasking

Type of: assign, delegate, depute, designate, duty, extend, strain, work

Encyclopedia: Task